high-flyer
Britishnoun
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a person who is extreme in aims, ambition, etc
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a person of great ability, esp in a career
Example Sentences
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The fragile screen separating savvy high-flyer and bereft sufferer cracks, irrevocably.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2023
Bolton runs the aerial arts school High Expectations in Memphis, where Ja Morant, too, is a high-flyer, as the All-Star point guard of the N.B.A.’s Grizzlies.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2022
His grandfather was a famous senator, his father a high-flyer in the burgeoning aviation business.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2019
Anwar was once a high-flyer in the former ruling coalition but was convicted of homosexual sodomy and corruption after a power struggle in 1998 with Mahathir, who was prime minister for 22 years until 2003.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2018
"Guess you're a sort of high-flyer, ain't you?" said he at last without a sign of ill-nature.
From The Governess by Chickering, Charles R.
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